Motivating Yourself
Posted on October 04, 2012 by Julie DeVito, One of Thousands of Business Coaches on Noomii.
Do you want to live a life that makes a difference? Wisdom from Aristotle in this article will inspire you to action.
How do we motivate ourselves to get into action? How do we live a life that makes a difference?
The answer lies in motion. I learned the snow angel metaphor from Steve Chandler, (“100 Ways to Motivate Yourself,” 2004). My movements create the angel. This is the connection between self-motivation and self-creation….
Get a vision of the whole universe as snow. You can create yourself any way you want by your movement. The movement of the actions you take will create the self you want to be.
Aristotle knew how to create a self through movement. Here’s what he said:
“Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it….By doing just acts, we come to be just: By doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.” (Aristotle, as cited by Steve Chandler, 2004).
